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Tag Archives: patent
Reading list: Free Innovation by Eric von Hippel
E von Hippel, 2017. Free Innovation. Cambridge MA: MIT Press Abstract: In this book I integrate new theory and new research findings into the framework of a “free innovation paradigm.” Free innovation involves innovations developed and given away by consumers … Continue reading
Notre Dame Law Review Symposium, Panel Three
Moderated by Shubham Mukherjee Graeme B. Dinwoodie, University of Oxford Law, “Territoriality in the Protection and Enforcement of Trademark Rights” As trade becomes more geog. expansive, so too do TM rights need to expand. Not new: goes back to 1883 … Continue reading
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Notre Dame Law Review Symposium, Negotiating IP’s Boundaries in an Evolving World
Panel One – Moderated by Joseph D. Bauer Mark P. McKenna, Notre Dame Law School & Lucas S. Osborn, Campbell Law School, “Trademarks and Digital Goods” BMW sued Turbosquid for hosting digital models of BMW cars—models could be used in … Continue reading
Notre Dame Law Review Symposium, Negotiating IP’s Boundaries in an Evolving World
Panel One – Moderated by Joseph D. Bauer Mark P. McKenna, Notre Dame Law School & Lucas S. Osborn, Campbell Law School, “Trademarks and Digital Goods” BMW sued Turbosquid for hosting digital models of BMW cars—models could be used in … Continue reading
when are state law unfair competition claims preempted?
Duer v. Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, Inc., 2015 WL 11256568, No. 14-CV-01589 (N.D. Ga. Jul. 8, 2015) Very broad preemption finding makes me blog this older case that popped out of Westlaw. Duer makes medicine dosage adherence tools suitable for … Continue reading
Stanford Sociology and Psychology of IP
Session 5: Fairness, efficiency, and distributive justice Discussion leaders: Stephanie Bair: Concepts of ownership/justice in ownership may be universals—studies of children across cultures. Purpose of IP as understood to be to prevent plagiarism—asking for permission is sufficient, though, in many … Continue reading
Sociology and Psychology of IP, Session 3: What can we learn from IP-free zones?
Discussion leaders: Kate Darling: attribution as something that people want rather than money in “negative spaces.” They know they can monetize their reputations. Systems of self-governance often differ from those of formal law. Attribution preference is not just about fairness/ego. … Continue reading
Sociology and Psychology of IP, Session 3: What can we learn from IP-free zones?
Discussion leaders: Kate Darling: attribution as something that people want rather than money in “negative spaces.” They know they can monetize their reputations. Systems of self-governance often differ from those of formal law. Attribution preference is not just about fairness/ego. … Continue reading
The Psychology and Sociology of IP, patents
Session 2: Why do companies patent? Discussion leaders: Lisa Ouellette: Accounts indicate that non-incentive reasons drive much patenting, contrary to standard incentive story. What do sociologists etc. think about this divide in accounts? Sociology/psychology give us tools when economic rationality … Continue reading
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The Psychology and Sociology of Creativity and IP, Stanford Law School
Session 1: Why do people create? Discussion leaders: Jessica Silbey Why and how? Psychological perspective, individual: b/c it’s fun, play; problem-solving; creativity as essential to who they are/identity-forming; as natural. Literature on extrinsic v. intrinsic motivation. Different ways of operationalizing … Continue reading
